LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL

During the winter I always have to find ways to stay occupied to avoid going out in the cold; and for me that's reading, getting artsy, or finding new recipes to cook. Even though its been in the 50's and 60's lately I still feel like I need to do more wintery things, I mean come on its January!! Not complaining about the warmth, never! I love having a good book. One so good that you look forward to crawling into bed at night to catch up on and yet are sad to lose the characters when its over. (Yay for series!!)

Today's top picks include: Wall Street Journal- Arts and Entertainment, my Vogue coloring book, and Cravings (which by the way it's SO HARD to decide what I want to cook because everything looks amazing)! Chrissy sure knows a way around her kitchen!!

Here are some of the books I'm wanting to read and wishing I had time for!

Tonight I'm sharing some of my favorite coffee places in NWA and ones that are often overlooked! Not that I don't loooove starbucks, but I love to support local businesses even more.

Kennedy Coffee Roasting Company: Basically anything! I have never not liked something at Kennedy. It's Bentonville's little kept secret. My go-to however is the Carmenilla hot, iced, or frozen! Sometimes though I can't pass up their famous Frozen Ryan which has a little too much sugar for my small body to handle haha! I even have a friend that hates coffee but goes just for their chocolate milk ☺️ Also I literally just found out they are opening a second location downtown and it totally made my day, maybe even week!!!!

Pressroom: Honey Vanilla Latte is all I have to say, might just be my favorite in the whole world! When I'm missing home I miss this too. I also love to go for their specialty food menu, always something healthy and interesting to try.

The Grounds at Garden Living: This place is hidden and way too precious! Oh and they have a good honey latte as well. Shopping and coffee? What more could I want!?​Cafe Imbibe: I drive by it all the time and had been wanting to check it out and I did the other day and was quite pleased! I had a seriously good hot cider! They have a huge menu and I can't wait to become a regular.